Where does “pêsse” come from?

pêsse (Macanese) comes from Portuguese peixe, from Old Portuguese peixe, from Latin Piscis, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.

pêsse (Macanese): fish

Definitions

  1. fish

Ancestry of “pêsse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesepeixefish
2Old PortuguesepeixeAlternative form of peyxe
3LatinPiscisthe Fish, Piscis Austrinus constellation
4Proto-Indo-European*peysk-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *peysk- →Every word from Latin Piscis →Every word from Old Portuguese peixe →